The McQuarrie Stormtrooper would be a great addition for the Death Star Wave, hopefully we get it as I still need one. While I agree that repacks on some level do cheat us long time collectors in terms of seeing the same old figures again, it also saves us (or should save us) from buying the repacks. Personally, during the OTC wave I bought only a couple of the repacks and they were either army builders or figures from the SAGA 04 line which I had never found. I feel bad for the carded collectors who have to have every carded version of a figure, they get hurt the most for their obsession hobby.

I really don't undertsand wanting reapacks. If you're a new collector, and there's a figure from that past that you don't have and you really want, go to Ebay or Brian's Toys or something. I mean, if I started collecting McFarlane toys today, I would expect to buyolder ones through dealers and auctions. I don't expect a toy company to repackage old stuff just becasue I missed it. I would want the company to focus on new stuff.

I don't mean to be harsh, but one of the fun parts about collecting is tracking down older pieces that you really like.

I really don't undertsand wanting reapacks. If you're a new collector, and there's a figure from that past that you don't have and you really want, go to Ebay or Brian's Toys or something. I mean, if I started collecting McFarlane toys today, I would expect to buyolder ones through dealers and auctions. I don't expect a toy company to repackage old stuff just becasue I missed it. I would want the company to focus on new stuff.

I don't mean to be harsh, but one of the fun parts about collecting is tracking down older pieces that you really like.

It's not that most people in this thread want the repacks, so much as we all know Hasbro is going to do the repacks, so we might as well go along for the ride. Some of the harder to find pieces go for more than retail on the secondary market and not everyone is willing to pay double or triple for a figure if Hasbro can just re-release it for us. That's really what I think the lists in these threads are about, hopes that Hasbro will at least repack figures we need or are at least logical. Personally, I'd prefer them not to do the repacks, but I believe it is safe to say that gone are the days of a full year of nothing but brand new figures.

And really, repacks will be a fact of life with the line from here on out, because Hasbro will perpetually need to get new blood in. They'll do that by always making sure the core characters in their core outfits are available - something Playmates didn't with the Simpsons, and it cost them - and since the best versions of those figures exist (for the most part) repacking is the sanest, cheapest way to do it.

If I were them, I'd just repack the VOTC figures every year, along with some updated PT main characters. There's no real need for a new Han or Chewie or Vader etc. - some of them, like Luke and Leia, yeah, but more or less, there's nowhere else to go for these figures.

So long as they keep making great figures of characters I want, they can repack all they want.

I really don't undertsand wanting reapacks. If you're a new collector, and there's a figure from that past that you don't have and you really want, go to Ebay or Brian's Toys or something. I mean, if I started collecting McFarlane toys today, I would expect to buyolder ones through dealers and auctions. I don't expect a toy company to repackage old stuff just becasue I missed it. I would want the company to focus on new stuff.

I don't mean to be harsh, but one of the fun parts about collecting is tracking down older pieces that you really like.

It's not that most people in this thread want the repacks, so much as we all know Hasbro is going to do the repacks, so we might as well go along for the ride. Some of the harder to find pieces go for more than retail on the secondary market and not everyone is willing to pay double or triple for a figure if Hasbro can just re-release it for us. That's really what I think the lists in these threads are about, hopes that Hasbro will at least repack figures we need or are at least logical. Personally, I'd prefer them not to do the repacks, but I believe it is safe to say that gone are the days of a full year of nothing but brand new figures.

Exactly. Even this year, a movie year, we got rpeacks and repaints within the first 68 or however many there are now. I'd love no repacks, but it ain't going to happen. That being said there are a few figures I'd like to see repacked or rehashed/kit bashed.

ANH

- McQuarrie Stormtrooper- Sandtrooper, preferably the Evolutions version but POTJ is ok- Luke and Han Stormtrooper style (VOTC style but $5)- VOTC Stormie for $5 (Could be in a baggie, I just want to army build with these guys for a little cheaper)- Jawa 2 pack with the CT Jawa and the Jawa that came with the Ronto- Dutch Vandar body with Biggs head/removable helmet- Dutch Vandar body with Red Leader head/removable helmet- Dutch Vandar body with Wedge head/removable helmet (I guess that's kind of the SWS exclusive)- OTC Cantina wave

ESB

- Bespin Cloud Car Pilot 2nd head- Bespin cloud City Security 2nd head- Bespin cloud City Security 3nd head- Ugnaughts repaint- VOTC Fett with correct ESB paint/guns and for $5- Snowtrooper, Saga/OTC- K3PO or I guess R3PO wpould be ok- Admiral Ozzel, if they wanted to get creative they could put different heads on and make diffferent admirals, like Piett

I really don't undertsand wanting reapacks. If you're a new collector, and there's a figure from that past that you don't have and you really want, go to Ebay or Brian's Toys or something. I mean, if I started collecting McFarlane toys today, I would expect to buyolder ones through dealers and auctions. I don't expect a toy company to repackage old stuff just becasue I missed it. I would want the company to focus on new stuff.

I don't mean to be harsh, but one of the fun parts about collecting is tracking down older pieces that you really like.

You're right up to a point. However:

1) Figures that are rare/expensive/were never properly distributed in the first place. Case in point: eopie. I'm not gonna pay $90 or whatever the going price is for one of these. If Hasbro can rerelease the straight-to-clearance Falcon, they should be able to rerelease something as small and simple as an eopie.

2) Kids and casual enthusiasts. Let's say Joe Shmo or Jane Everykid wants a Hailfire droid. Not exactly the rarest of rare toys, but it was only released once in Clone Wars and is no longer available. Joe and Jane are not going to search online and pay $30-40 for one--they'll just skip it. That's a lost business opportunity for Hasbro when it would be so easy to fire up the presses to make more.

3) Hasbro is going to do repacks regardless (easier and cheaper than new molds), so we might as well try to steer them towards good choices instead of bad ones. The only harm I see is to the secondary market for HTF/old figures.